Guides for evaluating, self-hosting, and migrating to open source.

Self-host Matomo in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~19K stars, PHP — the most complete Google Analytics alternative with heatmaps, funnels, A/B testing, ecommerce tracking.

Self-host Matrix with Synapse or Conduit as a Slack alternative in 2026. Federated, end-to-end encrypted team messaging with bridges to Slack, Discord, and.

Self-host Matrix Synapse in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~12K stars, Python — decentralized E2E encrypted messaging. Element client, federation with other servers.

Self-host Mattermost as a Slack alternative for teams in 2026. MIT license, ~30K stars — channels, threads, integrations, bots, slash commands for 2026.

Self-host Mattermost in 2026. MIT license, ~31K stars, Go — Slack alternative with channels, threads, slash commands, webhooks. Docker setup, mobile apps.

Self-host Mealie in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~7K stars, Python/Vue — recipe manager with meal planning, grocery lists, web scraping from any recipe URL. Docker setup.

Self-host Memos in 2026. MIT license, ~33K stars, Go — privacy-first notes app with a Twitter-like feed, Markdown, tags, and REST API. Alternative to Apple.

Self-host Miniflux for minimalist RSS reading in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~6.3K stars, Go — fast, opinionated, keyboard-driven RSS reader with Fever/Google Reader API.

Self-host Miniflux in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~6K stars, Go — fast, minimalist RSS/Atom feed reader with keyboard shortcuts and Fever/Google Reader API now.

Self-host Miniflux RSS reader on Docker in 2026. AGPL 3.0, Go + PostgreSQL, keyboard-driven, API-first. Complete setup guide with mobile apps and Fever API.

Self-host Monica as a personal CRM in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~21K stars, PHP/Laravel — track relationships, birthdays, notes, activities. Complete Docker setup.

Self-host Navidrome in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~12K stars, Go — stream your music collection to any device. Subsonic-compatible API, transcoding, playlists, Last.fm.

Self-host Netdata for real-time performance monitoring in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~72K stars — 1-second granularity, 800+ metrics auto-collected, alerts, Grafana.

Set up Netdata for real-time server monitoring in 2026. Per-second metrics, 800+ auto-discovered integrations, ML anomaly detection, and zero configuration.

Self-host Nextcloud in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~27K stars, PHP — Google Drive + Calendar + Contacts + Office in one. Docker setup, Nextcloud Office (Collabora), Talk.

Self-host Nextcloud as a Google Drive alternative in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~27K stars — file sync, Office (Collabora), calendar, contacts, video calls here.